Chap. 269.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 4 of an act entitled an act
to incorporate the town of Colonial Beach, in the county of Westmoreland,
approved February 25, 1892, as heretofore amended, relating to the officers
of said town. [H B 249]

Approved March 28, 1934

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, That section
four of an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Colonial Beach,
in the county of Westmoreland, approved February twenty-fifth,
eighteen hundred and ninety-two, as heretofore amended, be amended
and re-enacted so as to read as follows:

Section 4. The council shall have power, to appoint upon the
nomination of the mayor, a clerk, a town sergeant, and such police
officers and other officers as may be necessary for the preservation of
the peace, good order, property and health of the town, and for carry-
ing into effect the ordinances thereof. The clerk and town sergeant
shall hold their offices for the term of two years, or until their suc-
cessors are appointed and qualified unless removed for cause by the
council on recommendation of the mayor. The town shall also have
a treasurer, who shall be hereafter elected by the qualified voters of
the town instead of being appointed by the council as heretofore, and
whose term of office shall be coincident with that of the mayor and
councilmen. The treasurer now in office shall continue to serve, unless
otherwise removed, until the expiration of his term and his successor
is duly elected and qualified.

2. An emergency existing, this act shall be in force from its passage.